General Comments In a presentation you are telling

General Comments • In a presentation, you are telling a story • Make the story short and succinct with only the minimum amount of material to make the story complete – Is your story understandable without a speaker? • Use color, different font sizes and graphics to bring your story alive, but avoid light colors on light backgrounds • Always practice your presentation - know your slides “inside and out”!! • Never read your slides verbatim! • Rule-of-thumb: one slide a minute requires some fast talking

Title of Presentation Names of Lab Partners Title slide

Overview • • Objective Background Theory Experimental Setup • Experimental Procedure • Results • Uncertainty Analysis • Conclusions Overview slide

Objectives • Include only key objectives • Explain objectives to audience rather than reading them • Be sure each objective is addressed in the results and conclusion slides • You will be judged on how well you have met the objectives Objectives slide

Background • Orient your audience to the problem • Establish a common level of understanding • Remember the technical level of your audience Background slide

Theory • Summarize key equations and concepts • Define variables that are not obvious to the audience Theory slide

Experimental Setup • Describe the experimental apparatus including the instrumentation used and the uncertainty associated with each instrument • Use sketches and/or drawings of the setup Experimental setup slide

Experimental Procedure • Briefly describe the experimental procedure either by listing the steps, or using a flowchart Experimental Procedure slide

Experimental Results • Use plots and tables to present your results • Plots must be clear and appropriately labeled with a title and legend • All experimental data must be shown with error bars • Do not present raw data, only present data relevant to the objectives of the experiment Experimental Results slide

Experimental Results (cont. ) • Explain each plot by pointing out to the audience the important features of the data • Explain how your results meet the objectives of the experiment Experimental Results slide

Uncertainty Analysis • Summarize your uncertainty analysis • Assess the main sources of error in your data Uncertainty Analysis slide

Conclusions • Summarize key conclusions • Link conclusions to the objectives of the experiment Conclusions slide